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The Regime

★ 6.0 15K votes 2024–2024 1 season · 6 episodes Ended HBO
SatiricalComedy sharpened into social and political critique.This show: 9/10Political intriguePower struggles inside governments and institutions.This show: 9/10Elites & privilegeThe rich and powerful, glamorous or rotten.This show: 8/10CynicalDeeply distrustful of institutions and human motives.This show: 8/10Dark comedyFinding the laughs in grim and taboo material.This show: 8/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 7/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Kate WinsletMatthias SchoenaertsGuillaume GallienneDanny WebbAndrea RiseboroughHenry Goodman
Written by
Will Tracy
Starring
Kate WinsletMatthias SchoenaertsGuillaume GallienneDanny WebbAndrea RiseboroughHenry Goodman
Written by
Will Tracy
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A claustrophobic satire of power curdling into madness"

Kate Winslet plays the increasingly paranoid chancellor of an unnamed Central European country, whose grip on power warps around a strange bond with a soldier she elevates into her inner circle. It's a satirical descent into authoritarian absurdity, part political thriller, part dark comedy about the theater of power. The tone is arch and unsettling rather than thrilling, closer to a claustrophobic chamber piece than a sprawling epic. Winslet's performance carries it, but the satire can feel thin stretched across six episodes, more clever than gripping.

Watch it for

Kate Winslet's unhinged, mesmerizing performance as a crumbling authoritarian leader.

Maybe skip if

you want a tightly plotted thriller rather than an atmospheric character study.

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All Seasons

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Miniseries2024
6.84K65h 26m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Victory Day6.6
1K51 min
▶2The Foundling7.1
78148 min
▶3The Heroes' Banquet6.8
64159 min
▶4Midnight Feast6.8
59557 min
▶5All Ye Faithful7.1
56054 min
▶6Don't Yet Rejoice6.8
52757 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Kate Winslet Chancellor Elena Vernham
Matthias Schoenaerts Corporal Herbert Zubak
Guillaume Gallienne Nicholas 'Nicky' Vernham
Danny Webb Mr. Laskin
Andrea Riseborough Agnes
Henry Goodman Singer
David Bamber Schiff
Rory Keenan Peter
Louie Mynett Oskar
Martha Plimpton Judith Holt

Crew

Will Tracy

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